A Toronto dentist and father of two elementary school children has launched a court battle against the local public school board, accusing education officials of refusing to accommodate his Christian beliefs on marriage, family, and sexuality, the C News (Canadian) website reports today (September 10, 2012).
Steve Tourloukis said he believes the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board attempts to accommodate parents of other faiths, including Muslims and Jehovah's Witnesses. Tourloukis said he is supportive of these other families, but he wants the same treatment.
School officials will not agree to his requests that he be advised in advance of any lessons that might contradict his family's Greek Orthodox beliefs and be allowed to remove his children from class if he considers it appropriate, he said.
Tourloukis' lawyer, Albertos Polizogopoulos, said that he filed court papers on September 7 that seek no money, but would impel the school board to accommodate the family's faith.
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